Johnny, the star of NBC's Here's Boomer, had a lot in common with Higgins, who starred in the "Benji" movies during the 70's. Both were strays that were picked up, given a home, and trained for a career in Hollywood.
Boomer was a spring replacement series for NBC in 1980, and, in all honesty, should've been given a secondary berth on Saturday mornings, since NBC was relying heavily on reruns at the time, though that would soon change.
Frank Welker, in an increasingly rare on camera appearance, guests as a shopkeeper who helps Boomer link up with a family (including Charles Siebert, Scott Baio, & Tracey Gold) in "Overboard" (also at The Land of Whatever):
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